The View cohost Ana Navarro isn’t tip-toeing around Secretary of State Marco Rubio‘s ill-fitting shoes.
The talk show host and Republican commentator mercilessly mocked Rubio’s shoe size on Friday’s episode of the program, amid a wider Hot Topics discussion about which right-leaning figures might succeed Donald Trump in the White House.
“I think what you’re seeing is that Marco is not literally, but figuratively, head and shoulders above the rest of the cabinet in terms of qualifications and eloquence,” said Navarro, whom has long said Rubio is an acquaintance of hers. “They all brown-nose Trump, but Marco is actually qualified. He’s surrounded by a bunch of people who’ve been an embarrassment, like Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi — Marco actually knows what he’s talking about. I guess it’s all about for whom the shoe fits.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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She then pivoted to discussing Rubio’s shoes, paraphrasing a Wall Street Journal report indicating that “Trump is now making [his administration] all wear his favorite shoe, which is these Florsheims. He guesses people’s shoe size, or he asks them what their shoe size is. Marco must’ve lied, because he’s wearing these shoes [and] any moment he’s going to slide right out!”
The View then threw an image of Rubio up on a screen behind the cohosts, and zoomed in as the audience erupted with laughter at the sight of the politician’s heels swimming in the too-big footwear.
“They don’t fit! They don’t fit!” panelist Sunny Hostin exclaimed as the image flashed on screen.
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Navarro continued, referencing the WSJ piece as she summarized that during “a meeting with [JD] Vance, Rubio, and an unnamed man, [Trump] asked them their shoe size. Vance said he was a 13. Maybe. Rubio said he was an 11.5.” Navarro paused to laugh at Rubio’s reported size.
“The third man, the unnamed man, said he was a size 7. And I’m telling you, that was Lindsey Graham. Because I’ve been with Lindsey Graham, and I’ve always been struck by how tiny his little feet are,” Navarro quipped. “His feet are so small, it might explain why his principles have nothing to stand on.”
Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Sheryl Underwood on ‘The View’
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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Rubio at the State Department and Trump at the White House for comment.
The White House has responded to Navarro’s criticism in the past, even accusing her of performing a “Democrat distraction” to draw attention away from important matters and accusing her of having “TDS” — an abbreviation for “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
The View airs weekdays on ABC.
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